Lead, Performance Accountability & Funding Allocation

Ontario Health; Camden Town; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A provincial health agency is looking for a Lead, Performance Accountability & Funding Allocation to ensure effective financial management and performance oversight for partnered hospitals. The role requires a Master's degree and significant experience in the healthcare sector. This individual will build relationships across the health system, provide insights for performance improvement, and lead various reviews. Attractive benefits are offered, and applicants must reside in Ontario.

Benefits

Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage

Health care spending or wellness spending account

Premium defined benefit pension plan

Three personal days and two float days annually

Three weeks’ vacation to start

Career development opportunities

Collaborative team culture

Wellness program

Qualifications

• Five plus years’ experience in the healthcare sector.
• Administratively strong and able to converse well with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely financial and performance management and oversight.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with health system teams.
• Provide operational insights for system performance planning.
• Lead budget and program reviews.

Skills

Project leadership

Financial acumen

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Understanding of the Ontario healthcare system

Education

Master's in business administration or health administration

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Information Management Systems (e.g., SharePoint)

Job description

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Lead, Performance Accountability & Funding Allocation

Apply locations Ontario time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: August 25, 2025 (22 days left to apply) job requisition id R109258

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At Ontario Health, we are committed to developing a strong organizational culture that connects and inspires all team members across the province. Our vision is that together, we will be a leader in health and wellness for all. Our mission is to connect the health system to drive improved and equitable health outcomes, experiences and value. How we work together is reflected through our five values: integrity, inspiration, tenacity, humility and care.

What Ontario Health offers:

Achieving your career goals is a priority to us. Benefits of working at Ontario Health may include the following based on employment type:

• Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage from your first day

• a health care spending or wellness spending account

• a p remium defined benefit pension plan

• three personal days and two float days annually

• three weeks’ vacation to start (for individual contributors), increasing to four weeks after two years

• c areer development opportunities

• a collaborative values-based team culture

• a wellness program

• a hybrid working model

• p articipation in Communities of Inclusion

Want to make a difference in your career? Consider this opportunity.

As the primary liaison for assigned hospitals, this role ensures timely financial and performance management and oversight. You will help drive performance improvement initiatives to enhance system integration and performance.

Here is what you will be doing

• Serve as a subject matter expert in performance management within the hospital system.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with Ontario Health teams, HSPs, and Ministries to support effective performance and issue resolution.

• Provide operational insights for system performance planning, integration strategies, and service gap analyses.

• Identify and support clinical service changes and broader system improvements in collaboration with internal and external partners.

• Standardize best practices and identify improvement priorities to streamline processes and enhance integration.

• Lead budget, program and service reviews, particularly in early-stage capital projects and service gap assessments.

• Recommend strategies for improving access to care, including wait time allocations and provincial program implementation.

• Monitor and address high-risk issues and performance concerns in collaboration with internal teams.

• Analyze hospital financial and performance reports and align them with Ontario Health’s strategic goals.

• Contribute to the development of annual and multi-year performance management plans.

• Participate in provincial discussions on performance frameworks and their local application.

• Lead the end-to-end process for Service Accountability Agreements (SAAs), including schedule development.

Here is what you will need to be successful

Education and Experience

• University or Master’s in business administration, health administration or relevant field.

• Five plus years’ experience in the healthcare sector.

• Administratively strong and able to converse well with HSPs, Ministry and other Ontario Health Regions as required.

Knowledge and Skills

• Experience in project leadership and implementation.

• Financial acumen.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word with a working knowledge of Information Management Systems such as SharePoint, Customer Relationship Management databases, etc.

• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills to work effectively with senior level HSP executives and their management teams, and to liaise with colleagues across Ontario Health and with contacts in the Ministry.

• Demonstrated ability to effectively negotiate when dealing with conflicting views.

• Knowledge of performance management and evaluation techniques in one or more health sectors related to administrative and/or clinical performance.

• Demonstrated capacity to identify and respond quickly to emerging issues and priorities.

• Understanding of the Ontario healthcare system, its stakeholders, programs and issues.

• Demonstrated experience with operation decision-making related to performance management.

Number of Positions: 1 Full Time Permanent and 1 Full Time Temporary (12 month duration)

Location: Ontario Health supports a hybrid work environment and has office locations across the province. We welcome applications from candidates residing anywhere in the province of Ontario.

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Employment Type:

Permanent Full time

Contract Length:

N/A

Salary Band:

Band 6

External Application Deadline Date:

August 24, 2025

All applicants must be a resident of Ontario to be considered for roles at Ontario Health.

Ontario Health encourages applications from candidates who are First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and urban Indigenous; Francophone; members ofBlack and racializedgroups; 2SLGBTQIA+ communities; trans and nonbinary individuals;and people living with disabilities.

Ontario Health is an accessible employer, and we offer accommodation in all aspects of employment, including the recruitment process. If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please email [e-mail] and a member of the team will connect with you within 48 hours.

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About Us

Ontario Health is the provincial agency responsible for ensuring Ontarians receive high-quality health care services where and when they need them. Since it was established in June 2019, Ontario Health has brought together the strengths of many existing health care organizations to work together to build a better health care system for all Ontarians. Building on the expertise and knowledge of our people, we are committed to applying the best of what we collectively do, and in partnership with others, to transform the health system and improve the quality and delivery of care for patients, families, and health care providers.